Board approves appointments of new associate, assistant professors

Princeton NJ -- The Board of Trustees has appointed one new associate professor and five new assistant professors to the faculty.

The associate professor is:

In electrical engineering:

 Claire Gmachl, who earned her Ph.D. from the Technical University of Munich and the Technical University of Vienna in 1995. She was a faculty member at the Technical University of Vienna for a year before joining Lucent Technologies' Bell Laboratories, where she worked for seven years on the research and technical staffs. Her field of specialization is optics. Gmachl's appointment with continuing tenure was effective Sept. 1, 2003.

The assistant professors are:

In electrical engineering:

 Mung Chiang, who specializes in communication networks. He earned a B.S. in 1999 and a Ph.D. in 2003, both from Stanford University. His three-year appointment was effective Aug. 1, 2003.

In history:

 Michael Gordin, who studies the history of science. The recipient of a B.A. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1996 and 2001, respectively, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard before coming to Princeton. His three-year appointment was effective Sept. 1, 2003.

In the Woodrow Wilson School and politics:

 Grigore Pop-Eleches, a specialist in comparative politics. He earned a B.A. from Harvard University in 1995 and a Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley in 2003. His three-year appointment was effective July 1, 2003.

In the Woodrow Wilson School and economics:

 Jesse Rothstein, who studies labor economics. The recipient of a B.A. from Harvard University in 1995, he received an M.P.P. and a Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley in 2003. His three-year appointment was effective July 1, 2003.

In computer science:

 Olga Troyanskaya, who earned a B.S. from the University of Richmond in 1999 and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2003. She specializes in bioinformatics. Her three-year appointment was effective Sept. 1, 2003.

Faculty members submit resignations

Princeton NJ -- The following faculty members have submitted their resignations:

Effective July 1, 2003:Jinho Baik, assistant professor of mathematics, to accept a position at the University of Michigan; Wee Teck Gan, assistant professor of mathematics, to accept a position at the University of California-San Diego; Chang-Tai Hsieh, assistant professor of economics and public affairs, to accept a position at the University of California-Berkeley; Kenneth Mills, associate professor of history, to accept a position at the University of Toronto; Hee Oh, assistant professor of mathematics, to accept a position at the California Institute of Technology; Robert Shimer, associate professor of economics, to accept a position at the University of Chicago; Zhigang Suo, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, to accept a position at Harvard University.

Effective Aug. 1, 2003:Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, assistant professor of economics, to accept a position at the University of California-Berkeley.

Effective Sept. 1, 2003:Marciano Siniscalchi, assistant professor of economics, to accept a position at Northwestern University.

Effective Feb. 1, 2004:Béatrice Longuenesse, professor of philosophy, to accept a position at New York University; John Stalker, assistant professor of mathematics.

Effective July 1, 2004:George McLendon, the Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry, to become dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Duke University; Marc Rodriguez, assistant professor of history, to accept a position at the University of Notre Dame.

Effective Sept. 1, 2004: Mark Greenberg, assistant professor of philosophy, to accept a position at the University of California-Los Angeles.

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